May I have the envelope, please? The winner is John Wayne, and she's here.

Wow. I didn't know that. I had to put that patch on 35 years earlier.

Ladies and gentlemen, I'm no stranger to this podium. I've come up here and picked up these beautiful golden men,

but always for friends. One night I picked up two, one for Admiral John Ford, one for our beloved Gary Cooper.

I was very clever and witty that night, the envy of even Bob Hope. But tonight I don't feel very clever or very witty.

I feel very grateful, very humble, and all thanks to many, many people.

I want to thank the members of the Academy. To all you people who are watching on television,

thank you for taking such a warm interest in our glorious industry. Good night.

I'm going to tell you why films fail. I'm going to tell you why films succeed, and I'm going to tell you about this one right here in Northwestern.

What can I do for your Walter? Don't tell me you came here to pitch me a story.

What is in the scene? The scene is about emotionality. Where is it?

That sounds like the script. I'm ready now. Roll the camera.

How many times in your life do you get a speech like that?

Yeah. This scene is why I'm doing the movie.

All right, let's put it on film. Camera? The rolling. Sound?

Yeah, we don't have sound. Oh. And action!

Yes, indeed. Welcome everybody to a very special Thursday, after an edition of TBTL.

It is our seventh annual Oscars preview. In a world where only the radio was strictly forbidden,

one man found a way to bring the good news to his people.

I'm that guy. I guess my name is Luke Burbank. I'm your host. This is episode 1,546 in a collector series.

Hi, this is Luke's Mom Suzy coming tonight on TBTL.

We will be talking through many of the different categories for the Oscars, which are happening this weekend. This is of course our tradition.

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